Designed for beginners, every pack has 12 cards—instead of the normal 9—and a "Tip Card", which has a special tip to increase your game knowledge. Dark Beginning (and all other Reprint Packs) always contain 6 Monster Cards, 3 Trap Cards, 3 Spell Cards, 1 Tip Card and 1 or even 2 rares.

Yugi Muto's appearance on the cover of this booster pack is taken from the title page for Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World Duel 47: "The Silent Duelist!!".